Philips – Tech Innovator and Inventor

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is a global leader in healthcare, lifestyle and technology, delivering products, services and solutions through the brand promise of “sense and simplicity..

The company was founded in 1891 by Gerard Philips, a maternal cousin of Karl Marx, in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Its first products were light bulbs ‘and other electrotechnical equipment’. Its first factory remains as a museum.

60W Replacement Competition

Philips Lighting North America won the first L Prize, and the race to be first across the finish line inspired a global R&D team and a new technology platform.

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